Eilat, Israel

The town of Eilat is the southernmost city of Israel and its gateway to the Red Sea. Its beaches and resorts attract travelers from all over the world, drawn to the opportunities for scuba and skin diving, swimming with dolphins, or camel tours of the Southern Negev Desert looking for traces of Eilat’s 10,000 years of settled history. The Coral Beach Nature Reserve and Coral World Underwater Observatory each give visitors an up-close look at the local sea life, and Eilat is on a major migration route for birds traveling between Africa and Europe, making it a birdwatchers paradise.